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cn coin 32979

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CN Type 8461 🔍

Coinage
 
Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 241-197 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Laureate head of Philetairos, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ
Design
Athena enthroned left, holding wreath in right hand and resting her leftarm on shield.
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Symbol
Bow (position: on the right) A (position: ) grape (position: )
Persons

Sitter: Philetairos 🔍  

Authority: Attalos I. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
25.5 mm
Weight
16.83 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Wace 1 16,83; cn-pergamon-K_0365

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Literature

Westermark and Westermark, Das Bildnis des Philetairos von Pergamon: Corpus der Münzprägung, Stockholm 1961 p. 62-64, annot. Gruppe IV B ❐

Westermark and Westermark, Das Bildnis des Philetairos von Pergamon: Corpus der Münzprägung, Stockholm 1961 p. 62-64, annot. Gruppe IV B ❐

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cn coin 32979, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_32979 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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